About EMS

Emergency Medical Services, more commonly known as EMS, is a system that provides emergency medical care to Hoosiers more 2,000 times per day. Once it is activated by an incident that causes serious illness or injury, the focus of EMS is emergency medical care of the patient(s). EMS is most easily recognized when emergency vehicles or helicopters are seen responding to emergency incidents. But EMS is much more than a ride to the hospital. It is a system of coordinated response and emergency medical care, involving multiple people and agencies. Our Indiana EMS system is ready every day for every kind of emergency. With more than 800 provider agencies, operating more than 2,000 emergency ambulances, by more than 24,000 Emergency Medical Personnel, EMS is the frontline of our healthcare system safety net and stands proudly at the intersection of healthcare, public health, and public safety.

Highlights

All waiver requests are due to IDHS by COB three (3) weeks prior to the EMS Commission meeting. Any waiver requests received after that deadline will be held over until the next EMS Commission Meeting. NO EXCEPTIONS. Please remit all waiver requests to DHSCertifications@dhs.in.gov. EMS Waiver Form

EMS Commission Information
Find information on who represents you on the Indiana EMS Commission. Find a list of Commissioner’s e-mails, dates of meetings, meeting minutes, and sub-committee information.

Important Information

EMS Trauma Transportation Rule and Destination Guide ‌
Click here to find information about the field triage and transportation rule, information on protocols, and rule implementation. Find a list of all ACS Accredited Trauma Facilities, both in Indiana and in surrounding states, to transport your trauma patients.

POST/Advance Directives
‌Find guidance on the POST/Advance directives curriculum, the requirements for all EMS personnel, and Indiana laws. Links to the exam, support documents, and other advance directive information.

EMS Exposure Requirements
‌Click here to find the Post Exposure form that must be filled out for ALL EMS Exposures, as well as the governance of this requirement.

IDHS Mobile Simulation Laboratory
Learn how to request the mobile simulation lab for your training, and see how you can enhance your skills with this Free State service.

EMS Certification Testing
Find links for testing sites where students can register for Indiana and National Registry exams. Also, find instructional documents on how to sign up for an exam as a National Registry Candidate or how to request authorization from National Registry to be an approved training program.

Individual Certifications
All certifications must be renewed online. Paper copies of your INDIVIDUAL renewal will only be accepted if you get audited. All service providers, training institutions, and supervising hospital paperwork must still be submitted on paper.
IDHS EMS Certifications will not be issuing paper copies of your re-certification by mail. If you wish to have a paper copy of your renewed certification, you may go to your portal account and print off your renewed document. We will be issuing paper copies of any responder’s initial certification via mail.

Service Provider Certifications
Find forms for BLS and ALS Providers, Transport and Non-Transport, Air Ambulances, Supervising Hospitals, Vehicle Certification, Exposure Notification, and Out of Hospital DNRs.

State of Indiana EMS System Quality Improvement Report
This report is the first attempt of its kind to look at EMS care in the state of Indiana from a system level. The data was pulled from the state EMS Registry (ImageTrend) and analyzed according to EMS Compass quality improvement metrics. This initial report only looks at data from April 2018 as it was felt that April was the first month since data reporting started that contained a relatively sufficient quantity and quality of data to accurately represent the Indiana EMS system.

Vehicle Crash Report
The vehicle crash report is now an online submission. In compliance with IAC 836, all Certified EMS Providers must submit a vehicle accident report as required by the EMS Commission when a provider vehicle is involved in a motor vehicle accident. Reports must be received within 10 working days following the accident. It is the responsibility of the organization CEO to make sure that the report is filed in a timely fashion and completed in its entirety. Failure to comply will result in enforcement of the penalties outlined in IC 16-31-3.